# List of ship launches in 1796

The list of ship launches in 1796 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1796.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 11 January | Great Britain | William Wallis | Blackwall | Raven | Albatross-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 February | Great Britain | Thomas Pollard | Deptford Dockyard | Shannon | Maidstone-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 February | France | | Toulon | Diane | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| 10 February | France | | Havre de Grâce | Libre | Romaine-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 February | Great Britain | Wells & Co. | Rotherhithe | Cynthia | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 February | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Princess Charlotte | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 24 February | Great Britain | John Tovery | Woolwich Dockyard | Trent | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| February | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Harpy | Diligence-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| February | France | Pierre-Alexander Forfait | Havre de Grâce | La Menaçante | Salamandre-class bomb vessel | For French Navy. |
| February | Great Britain | Edward Grayson | Liverpool | Watt | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 10 March | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Henry Addington | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 March | France | | Havre de Grâce | Comète | Romaine-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 March | France | | Nantes | Loire | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 24 March | Great Britain | John Tovey | Woolwich Dockyard | Glenmore | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 March | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | York | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Thomas Pollard and Edward Sisson | Chatham Dockyard | Clyde | Artois-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Edward Sison | Chatham Dockyard | Tamar | Artois-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 April | Great Britain | Balthazar Adams | Bucklers Hard | Bittern | Bittern-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 April | Great Britain | Pitcher | Northfleet | Ardent | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 April | Great Britain | William Wyatt | Fridsbury | Cyane | Bittern-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 April | Great Britain | Perry, Sons & Green | Blackwall | Thames | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 23 April | France | | Dunkerque | Désirée | Romaine-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 April | Great Britain | Randall & Co. | Rotherhithe | Monmouth | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 April | Great Britain | James Betts | Mistley | Plover | Bittern-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 April | Great Britain | John Dudman | Deptford | Termagant | Bittern-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 May | Great Britain | Joshua Young | Rotherhithe | Tellicherry | Merchantman | For John St Barbe. |
| 23 May | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Rotherhithe | Glatton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 23 May | France | | Dunkerque | Poursuivante | Romaine-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 May | Great Britain | Frances Barnard | Deptford | Walmer Castle | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 24 May | Great Britain | Thomas Hills | Sandwich | Hound | Diligence-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 June | Great Britain | John Dudman | Deptford | Merlin | Merlin-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 June | Great Britain | Randall, Brent & Sons | Rotherhithe | Sir Stephen Lushington | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 7 June | France | | Bordeaux | Volontaire | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 7 June | India | Hugh Edwards, Jonathan Gillett and Michael Larkins | Calcutta | Wellington | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 23 June | India | David Glass & John Wood | Calcutta | Bellona | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| June | France | | Toulon | Foudre | Aviso | For French Navy. |
| 5 July | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Martha | Merchantman | For Peter Everitt Mestaer. |
| 7 July | Great Britain | Bernard & Edward Adams | Bucklers Hard | Princess Mary | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 23 July | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall Yard | Agincourt | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| July | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Beresford | Merchantman | For Messrs. Lake & Brown. |
| Unknown date | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Pollux | Brig | For Venetian Navy. |
| 9 August | Batavian Republic | R. Dorman | Amsterdam | Washington | Ship of the line | For Batavian Navy. |
| 11 August | Denmark-Norway | Nyholm Naval Dockyard | Copenhagen | Najaden | Fifth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 11 August | Denmark-Norway | Nyholm Naval Dockyard | Copenhagen | Nymfen | Fifth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 24 August | Russia | G. Ignatyev | Archangelsk | Aziia | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 5 September | Great Britain | Frances Barnard | Deptford | Triton | Triton-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 September | Russia | G. Ignatyev | Arkhangelsk | Vsevolod | Yaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 October | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Konstantin | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 October | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Nikolai | Aleksandr-class rpwing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 31 October | Russia | A. S. Katsanov | Kherson | Sviatoi Mikhail | Fourth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| October | Batavian Republic | | Harlingen | Ajax | Corvette | For Batavian Navy. |
| 15 November | Great Britain | Perry & Co. | Blackwall | Warley | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 29 November | Great Britain | Thomas Pollard | Deptford Dockyard | Stork | Cormorant-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 November | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Neptune | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 15 December | Great Britain | Pitcher | Northfleet | Earl of Abergavenny | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Admiral Kingsmill | Brig | For J. Roche. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Affinity | Merchantman | For J. Davie. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Boston, Massachusetts | Alknomac | Brig | For Gairdner & Mitchell. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Amphitrite | Merchantman | For Mr. Atkinson. |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Armenia | Merchantman | For Mr. Walker. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Hobbs & Hellyer | Redbridge | Arrow | Dart-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Beaver | Slave ship | For Mr Molineaux. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Itchen Ferry | Brilliant | Schooner | Purchased on the stocks by the Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Mustafa Molla | Kalas | Bülheves | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Ceres | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Cicero | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Coutts | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Dart | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Hobbs & Hellyer | Redbridge | Dart | Experimental sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Deux Amis | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Dilgencia | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Don Quixote | Brig | For Mr. Tremlett. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Eagle | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Earl Talbot | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Eliza | Sloop | For Joseph Down and others. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | El Ferrol | Galgo | Sloop-of-war | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Gemini | Merchantman | For James Swan. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bordeaux | Hardi | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bordeaux | Harmonie | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Harrington | Brig | For Bengal Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Nikoli Kalfa | Bodrum | Heybetendaz | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Hindostan | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Hypomenes | Merchantman | For W. White. |
| Unknown date | France | Mathurin Crucy | Nantes | L'Actif | Privateer | For [private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bayonne | La Gaieté | Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | France | | Havre de Grâce | La Libre | Romaine-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | France | | Nantes | La Nouvelle Eugenie | Privateer | For Feliz Cossin de Chourses. |
| Unknown date | France | | | L'Elizabeth | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine | Constantinople | Mesken-i Gazi | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Çamlicali Kalfa | | Mürg-ı Bahri | Sixth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Neptune | Merchantman | For Peddie & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Barnstaple | Broadstairs | Princess of Wales | Hoy | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Thomas Jones King | Dover | Rambler | Cutter | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Rattler | Collier | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | Fredirk Ludwig af Klintberg | Rhodes | Rehber-i Nusret | Sixth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | James Walmsley | North Shields | Rosina | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | Nathaniel Tynes | Bermuda | Rover | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | San José | Polacca | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | Antuvan Kalfa | Rhodes | Şehper-i Zafer | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | Filip Kalfa | Lemnos | Şevketnüma | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Stag | Sloop | For William Styles and others. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Tarleton | Slave ship | For Tarleton & Co. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Vaillante | Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Varuna | Merchantman | For Prinsep & Co. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine | Constantinople | Zafer Küsa | Sixth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Ahmed Hoca Kaptan | Midilli | Ziver-i Bahri | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Unknown | | Batavian Republic or Denmark-Norway | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |